It's a cliché...but as Chuck Klosterman likes to say--there's a reason they are clichés because they happen to be true...but on any given Sunday anything can happen. And last night the New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots in one of the biggest upsets in Super Bowl history.
Needless to say...it was awesome. If the Patriots were eventually going to lose in the Super Bowl...it couldn't have been any sweeter than for them to lose to a Manning on a game winning drive. I absolutely loved it. I knew the Patriots were in trouble as they ran onto the field to Black Sabbath's Crazy Train...I say this because that is Chipper Jones's theme song when he comes to the plate. Just not a good sign...considering the Braves's post season futility (except in 1995).
I will have to say that back in November following the Patriots defeat of the Colts I said that, "(The Colts) were making plays and getting pressure on Brady, which is the key to slowing them down and also why I think down the road...that the NY Giants might have more than chance to beat them." Now obviously the Giants didn't beat them in the regular season but when it really mattered...the Giants stepped up.
I'm left thinking that's it is such a fine line between being the greatest team ever and being a footnote in history. If the Patriots would have won...even if it would have been by one point...they would have been regarded as the best team ever (by most people and media pundits). But now that they didn't win the Super Bowl...they are just a team that lost the Super Bowl. All that regular season stuff...it doesn't mean anything now.
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